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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
arranged
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
buried
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
candles
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
Catherine
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
charge
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Clement
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
closed
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
coffin-bearers
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
company
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
delicate
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Pitou took charge of the other details.
eleven
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
engaged
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
EXECUTES
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From this reading FORTIER EXECUTES HIS THREAT.
eyes
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
Father
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
FORTIER
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From this reading FORTIER EXECUTES HIS THREAT.
gravedigger
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
ground
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
hand
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
Haramont
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
Hero
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading FORTIER EXECUTES HIS THREAT.
lips
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
lit
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
mass
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
militia
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
morrow
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
mortuary
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
Mother
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
mother's
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
notified
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pitou took charge of the other details.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
ordered
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
other
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
paraphernalia
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
People
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
piously
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
Pitou
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From this reading Pitou took charge of the other details.
Reluctant
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
sacristan
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
then
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From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
THREAT
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From this reading FORTIER EXECUTES HIS THREAT.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pitou took charge of the other details.
visit
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From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Reluctant to visit Father Fortier, with whom he stood on delicate ground, he ordered the mortuary mass of the sacristan, and engaged the gravedigger and the coffin-bearers.
wife
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From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Catherine piously closed her mother's eyes, with her hand and then with her lips, while Mother Clement lit the candles and arranged other paraphernalia.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then he went over to Haramont to have his company of militia notified that the wife of the Hero of the People would be buried at eleven on the morrow.
